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bag as far as the base of the ovary, we think it desirable 

 that his views should be placed before our readers. We 

 therefore extract the following characters of the genus and its 

 species : — 



Sarcoglottis, Presl. I. c. Perigonii foliola exteriora lateralia majora, re- 

 flexa, labello supposita, in saccum ampullaceum antice rima solutum, 

 ovario per totam longitudinem decurrentia, supremum cum interioribus 

 arcte-adhserens. Labeilum apice dilatatum, infra rimam anticam cum. 

 pagina interiore sacci connatum, elongato-concaviusculum, columnam 

 amplectens, basi liberum, sagittatum. Columna brevis. Anthera dor- 

 salis, stipitata, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, pedicellata, lineari-clavata, longi- 

 tudinaliter profunde sulcata, glandulae communi affixa. 



Herbse epigseae Americae tropica?; radicibus fasciculatis, crassis, cylindricis, 

 tomentosis; foliis radicalibus, magnis, lanceolatis ; scapo vaginato; spica 

 multiflora; floribus magnis erectis basi tortuosis. Klotzsch in Allg .Gartenz . 

 April 2, 1842. 



1. S. picta; foliis radicalibus oblongis, acuminatis, basi attenuates; scapo 



versus apicem floribusque villosis ; floribus odoratis, perigonii foliolis 

 albis, acutis; labello revoluto, apice obtuso. 



a variegata ; foliis maculatis, roseo-costatis. 



Spirantbes (Sarcoglottis) picta a Lindley tbe Genera and Species of Orchi- 

 daceous plants, p. 475. Neottia picta R. Brown Hort. Kew. 5. p. 199. 

 Sims Botanical Magazine, t. 1562. 



/3 immaculata ; foliis saturate-viridibus unicoloribusque albido-costatis. 



Both these varieties come from the West Indies. 



2. S. grandiflora ; foliis radicalibus spathulatis, acutis, laate-viridibus ; scapo 



versus apicem floribusque pubescentibus ; perigonii foliolis flavido-viri- 

 dibus, exterioribus inferioribusque falcatis, obtusis; labello deflexo, 

 tridentato. 



Spirantbes picta /3 Lindley, the Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants, 



p. 475. Spiranthes grandiflora, Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 2730. Found 



in Brazil and in the Caraccas. 



3. S. rufescem; foliis radicalibus spathulatis, acutis ; scapo glabro; floribus 



vdlosis ; pengomi foliolis angustis, sordide-albidis, dein rufescentibus, 

 versus apicem glabns ; labello patentissimo, acuminato. 



Spiranthes rufescens Fischer Hortus Petropolitanus Native country 



unknown. * 



The last species is S. speciosa of Presl, which Dr. Klotzsch 

 considers distinguished by its lip being emarginate; unless 

 Spiranthes cenna should also belong to Sarcoglottis ; (about 

 which we entertain no doubt if the genus Sarcoglottis is even- 

 tually adopted.) r 



